Seal of Auxentios Hexakionites

SigiDoc ID: s-JdTPM6

Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-bH1eJB

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 20-22
Weight (g): 4.6
Channel orientation (clock): 6-12
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Brown patina.

Dating

Date: 11th c., last third.
Internal date: ―
Dating criteria: Iconography, Epigraphy
Alternative date: ―

History

Category: Private
Issuer: Auxentios Hexakionites
Milieu: Private
Gender: Male
Place of origin: ―
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Modern location: Cologne (Germany)
Institution and repository: ―
Collection and inventory: Robert Feind Collection SB-12
Acquisition: ―
Previous locations: ―
Modern observations: ―

Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography; Legend on either side.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: Bust of St Demetrios holding spear in his right hand and a shield in his left hand.
Decoration: Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography; Legend on either side. Along the circumference, within a border of dots, the circular inscription begins with a cross at 12 o'clock.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: Bust of St George holding a cross in his right hand.
Decoration: Cross at the beginning of the legend. Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Images

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RTI

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Edition

Interpretive

obv

^a῾Ο ἅ(γιος) Δημ(ή) ^bτ(ριος)

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^c῾Ο ἅ(γιος) Γε ^dώρ(γιος)

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1Σφραγ(ὶ)ς Αὐξεντ(ίου) ῾Εξ(α)κι(ονίτῃ)

Diplomatic

obv

^aʘ|δη|μ ^bt,

rev

^cʘ̣|γε ^d̣|ρ

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1+σφραγ,σαυξεντ,εξκi,

Legend and translation

῾Ο ἅγιος Δημήτριος / ῾Ο ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Σφραγὶς Αὐξεντίου Ἑξακιονίτῃ.

St Demetrios. St Georgios. Seal of Auxentios Hexakionites.

References

Edition(s): Münz Zentrum, Auction 132 (19–21 April 2006), lot 983 (= SBS_Auctions2002-2006, p. 178, no. 983 ).
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references

Commentary

We follow in our reading SBS_Auctions2002-2006, p. 178 (where the same piece is read this way). It is also possible to interpret the last word as εξκ,P, i.e. ἐξ(ά)κ(τω)ρ(ος).